Northwest crops promise near half billion dollar year
The Pacific Northwest led by Oregon Washington and Idaho is set for a record year with crops and prices boosting total income toward a near half a billion dollars. Wheat, oats, barley, hay and fruit dominate the estimated values, while wool hops and farm industries add further gains across the region.
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Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Nature
North Pacific Coast
Northwest
Montana
Great Northwest
theater doors swing in ward fire kills 103
A panic in a moving picture theater at Villareal Castellon Spain caused 103 deaths as inward swinging doors trapped many escaping patrons. Police report 83 corpses found at the main entrance and the total may rise. In Spokane Washington delegates hear national marketing plan for Farmers union products. Charles Barrett of Union City GA notes oil and steel trusts will not be in their class if successful.
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Madrid
Villareal
Castellon
Spokane
Wash
Farmers’ Educational & Co-operative Union
Charles §. Barrett
Union City
Steel Trust
Oil Trust
Barrett
Supreme Court rules boundary in Potomac dispute for West Virginia
The Supreme Court ended a twenty year fight between Maryland and West Virginia over the boundary line by ruling in favor of West Virginia. The case centered on whether the high or low water mark of the Potomac River should define the boundary, with West Virginia arguing for the low water mark.
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Washington, D. C
Maryland
West Virginia
United States Supreme Court
Potomac River
Judge Lacombe Denies Temp Injunction in Coffee Case
Federal Circuit judges deny the motion to restrain a Brazilian coffee valorization combine from shipping about 950,000 bags of coffee held in the New York Dock warehouses in Brooklyn New York.
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New York
Lacombe
Federal
New York Dock Company
Brooklyn
Northwest forecasts record wheat harvest this year
The Pacific Northwest expects its largest wheat crop ever with Oregon, Washington, and Idaho set to surpass 65 million bushels last year. Favorable winter and spring weather, ample moisture, and strong acreages across Umatilla Union Gilliam Sherman Wasco Lincoln Whitman Walla Walla Douglas Garfield Grant Stevens counties point to a 70 million bushel potential in 1912, barring heat waves in peak filling periods.
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Portland
Pacific Northwest
Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
North Pacific
Umatilla
Union County
Gilliam
Sherman
Wasco
Whitman County
Lincoln County
Walla Walla
Douglas
Garfield
Grant
Stevens County
Washington, Douglas
Avason
Lincoln
Chelan
Raina
Kittitas
Stevens
Whitman
Inland Empire looks good for crop yields in many districts
Spokane area reports from the Spokesman Review show strong prospects across Washington and Idaho. Wheat appears in fair to excellent condition with substantial rainfall aiding barley and fruit crops. rail schedules list connections from Independence to Dallas and West Salem, detailing multiple daily trains and times.
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Spokane — Inland Empire
Spokesman- Review
Speed of Titanic High Alleged Before Disaster
Fred Barrett a former Titanic fireman testified that the liner was at full speed with most boilers lit when she struck the iceberg. He said water flooded the forward compartment and only two men escaped as the forward bulkhead doors closed. Barrett noted the signal alarms had shown white indicating full speed.
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New York
Fred Barrett
William Alden Smith
Garrett
Disorders in Yucatan escalate with savage Indian attacks
A Merida dispatch reports growing unrest in Yucatan as Indian forces sack Tekantec last Saturday. Several people were killed and burned before the town and railway station were torched. The raiding band then moved to Teya where the municipal president was killed and shops looted, led by a Turk.
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Mexico City
Meridia
Yucatan
Tekantec
Tekantoe
Teya
Taft Attends Church Walks Fifth Avenue Amid Crowd in NYC
President Taft attends church on Sunday then rides to Van Courtlandt Park and joins a Fifth Avenue promenade. He is recognized by about 600 people who surround him until Inspector McCluskey and several officers escort him to the home of John L. Cadwalader, Taft's law partner.
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New York
Taft
van Courtlandt Park
Fifth Avenue
McCluskey
John L. Cadwalader
Henry W. Taft
Remarkable Buff Orpington Lays Double-Yolk Eggs
Davis, California banker John H. Krider reports his Buff Orpington hen has laid 12 double yolk eggs in 15 days and nothing else. He calls her the most remarkable hen he has ever known.
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Davis
Cal
John H. Krider
Orpington
Krider
Warships to Cuban waters sail from New York and Hampton Roads
Nine battleships and a flagship formed a secret ordered force to Key West en route to Cuban waters. The Washington led the division with marines aboard, followed by Ohio Missouri Mississippi and Minnesota. Third division ships Georgia New Jersey and Rhode Island prepared to join at Hampton Roads. Two yacht racers, M R Hedlington and Miss Gibson, helped rescue four men after the yacht Indian sank two miles offshore.
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Washingon
D. C
Key West
Navy Department
Cuban
New York
Hampton Roads
Washington
Hugo Osterhaus
Elainore
Cal —Mias
M. Gibson
Toronto
M. R. Hedlington
Lake Elsinore
Bedlington
Miss Gibson
Patricia
Rebels Disperse Federals at Temosachic
Rebel headquarters say Colonel Gondoa defeated and dispersed 115 federals at Temosachic 166 miles northwest of Chihuahua on the Northwestern railway. Casualties listed as 15. Federals have not yet pushed into Jiminez, but the city is theirs for the taking when they choose.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Gamboa
Temosachic
Jiminez
Carps Feed on Pasture as Flood Covers Flats
In Vancouver Washington and along Hayden Island the Columbia river floodwaters cover flats feeding thousands of carp. The car trestle area becomes a feeding ground with fish darting to deeper pools when trains pass and resuming grazing as vibrations fade.
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Vancouver
Wash
Columbia River
Hayden Island
Portland
Turkish shell fires on French steamer leaving Smyrna
The captain of the French steamer Caucase chartered by Italy to repatriate Italians expelled from Turkey says a Turkish battery fired a shell at the ship as it departed Smyrna, though he claims full compliance with all regulations.
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Naples
Italy
Turkey
Smyrna
Chas. D. Smiley Contractor and Builder Plans Offered
Chas. D. Smiley, contractor and builder, provides plans and estimates on short notice. Specializes in dwelling houses and offers services via Bell Phone 24.
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Bell Phone
Calla Attends Day or Night Event in Independence Oregon
In Independence Oregon Calla attended a day or night event described in local notices. The brief item notes her presence but provides no additional details on timing or purpose.
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Calla
Independence
Oregon
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